Isadora Cascading Amethyst Glass Chandelier
Isadora Cascading Amethyst Glass Chandelier
The craftsmanshipThe Art Glass DifferenceWhy hand-cast art glass beats molded glass & resin, the many shapes our artisans create, and how to spot the real thing. ▦ Material comparison ✦ One craft, many shapes 🔍 Spot genuine glass Open
Hand-cast art glass vs. molded glass vs. resin
Three materials look similar in a thumbnail — but live very differently on your wall. Here's how our hand-cast art glass compares.
| Our Hand-Cast Art Glass | Molded / Pressed Glass | Resin / Acrylic Imitation | |
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| How it's made | Hand-cast & shaped by artisans, one piece at a time | Machine-pressed in a fixed mold, mass-produced | Liquid resin poured into a mold, mass-produced |
| Texture & pattern | Unique crackle texture — no two tubes alike | Identical, repeating pattern on every unit | Flat, "printed-on" look; texture feels superficial |
| Light quality | Deep, layered glow; light refracts through real glass | Even but flat; little depth or movement | Dull, slightly cloudy; can look plasticky when lit |
| Feel & weight | Substantial, cool, solid in the hand | Solid but uniform | Noticeably light, warm, hollow-feeling |
| Color over time | Color is in the glass — won't fade or yellow | Stable color | Can yellow or cloud with heat & UV over time |
| Heat tolerance | High — glass handles bulb heat well | High | Lower — can warp or discolor near heat |
| Character | A one-of-a-kind work of glass art | A functional, uniform fixture | A budget look-alike |
The takeaway: hand-cast art glass costs more to make, but it's the only one that gives you genuine depth of light, individual character, and lasting color — the qualities that make a fixture feel like art rather than hardware.
One craft, many shapes
Every piece begins the same way — molten glass, hand-cast and shaped by our artisans. From that single craft comes a whole family of forms, each catching and releasing light in its own way.
Looking for a different shape, size, or color in this art glass? We offer full customization — just reach out and our designers will help.
How to spot genuine art glass
Online photos can make resin and glass look alike. Here's how to tell the difference once it's in your home — every point below describes our fixtures.
Pick it up
Real glass is cool and substantial. Resin feels warm, light, and hollow. Our tubes have real weight — many customers say the heavy box was their first clue it's genuine.
Look at the texture
Hand-cast crackle texture has true depth you can feel with a fingertip. Resin texture looks like it's printed on a flat surface.
Turn on the light
Glass refracts light into a layered, moving glow. Resin tends to look flat, dull, or slightly cloudy when lit.
Compare two pieces
No two hand-cast tubes are exactly identical. If every piece looks machine-perfect and matched, it's molded — not artisan glass.
Our promise: every fixture is genuine hand-cast art glass. Slight variation between pieces isn't a flaw — it's proof it was made by hand.
Made To Order
Love the design but need it tailored to your space? We offer comprehensive customization solutions — dimensions, surface finishes, chain lengths, and more. Simply tell us your requirements, and we'll take care of the rest.
Share Your Idea
Message us online and get a fast response to your brief.
Expert Consultation
Our designers advise on size, finish, and proportion for your room.
We Craft It
Made to spec and inspected before it ships.
A bloom caught mid-opening, and held in gold.
The Isadora Cascading Amethyst Glass Chandelier hangs five descending tiers of hand-blown plum glass petals from a gold-tone frame, each petal hooked on individually and curling outward at the lip so the whole fixture falls open like something in bloom. The colour is what people notice first. Since the color is infused directly during the glass-melting stage rather than applied via a later coating process, the hues create a sense of depth and gradation that varies with the thickness of the petals. Lit, this plum glass chandelier stops being purple altogether: light passing through warm-toned glass comes out amber-rose, and the room fills with a colour that reads like late afternoon rather than like a lamp. This pendant light is available in a variety of other sizes, such as: Solene Amber Glass Petal Chandelier | Vintage Red Petals Chandelier | Petals Spiral Transparent Chandelier
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122 Hand-Blown PetalsEvery petal is blown by hand and flared at the lip while the glass is still soft — so no two curve quite the same way, and no two chandeliers are ever identical.
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Colour Worked Into the GlassThe plum tint enters the molten batch rather than being sprayed on afterwards. It pools dark at the spine and lifts toward rose at the thin edge — nothing to chip, nothing to fade.
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Plum Glass's Warm Rose GlowLit from within, warm-toned glass turns the light amber-rose rather than purple, filling the room with a colour closer to late afternoon than to a lamp.
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Five Tiers, Stepping InwardEach row sits tighter than the one above, so the mass gathers to a point. From across the room it reads as one glowing form; underneath it resolves into dozens of separate petals.
Dimensions & Placement
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Over a Dining TableBest above a round table 52–60″ (130–150 cm) across, or a rectangular table 60″ (150 cm) or wider. Hang the lowest petal about 30–36″ (75–90 cm) above the tabletop so it lights the table without blocking sightlines.
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Entryway & FoyerMade for double-height entries with ceilings of 12 ft (3.6 m) or more. Keep at least 7 ft (2.1 m) of clearance from the floor in any walkway, and centre it over the space rather than the door.
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Living & Open-Plan RoomsIdeal for rooms of roughly 200 sq ft (18 m²) or larger with 10 ft (3 m)+ ceilings. Centre it over a seating area or coffee table to anchor the whole room.
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Stairwells & AtriumsSuits tall stairwell voids and hotel or lobby spaces. Mount it over the open void, not directly above the treads, so the tiers read from both the floor below and the landing above.
A simple guide: allow about 2.5–3″ of drop for every foot of ceiling height. In a standard 9 ft room, that puts the bottom of the fixture roughly 7–7.5 ft from the floor. Over a dining table you can hang it lower — 30–36″ above the tabletop — because nobody walks beneath it. The chain shortens on site by removing links, so the final height is set during installation.
Specification
- MaterialMetal Frame · Hand-Blown Glass
- FinishGold
- Glass colourAmethyst
- Glass pieces122 hand-blown petals across five tiers
- Dimensions∅ 39.4″ × H 27.6″ (Dia 100 × H 70 cm), excluding chain
- Light sourceLED or Edison bulb — warm white 2700K recommended
- Bulb type25 × E12 / E14 (bulbs not included)
- Voltage110V–240V available
- CertificationUL / CE / SAA
- Suspension59″ Chain — shortened on site by removing links
- Power typeHardwired — professional installation recommended
- ApplicationDining room · living room · foyer · stairwell · hotel lobby
- Customized serviceYou can easily customize the size, finish color, number of light sources, and hanging wire & chain length. Simplify the customization process and communicate directly with our designers online.
Please feel free to contact us by email if you have any questions.
Our email: support@korewolamp.com
What Makes It Special
Every petal is individually mouth-blown by hand — never pressed cold from an industrial mould. The long curve is drawn out and the lip flared while the glass is still soft, so each one settles into its own shape. Multiply that across 122 pieces and you get a fixture with a slight, honest unevenness that no machine-made shade can imitate.
This is the part people don't expect. Unlit, the glass is deep aubergine — moody, almost architectural against a white ceiling. Switch it on and warm light travelling through warm-toned glass comes out amber-rose instead of purple. The room fills with a colour that reads like late afternoon, and the tint only returns to the petals themselves.
Nothing is glued or sealed into a housing. Every petal hangs from its own small hook along a slim gold-tone ring, tier by tier, which is why the rows carry a natural give that a moulded fixture never has — and why a single damaged petal can be replaced on its own rather than returning the whole chandelier.
It Changes Colour When You Switch It On
Aubergine by daylight. Amber-rose by night. Both of them true.
Everyone who buys a plum glass chandelier expects the same thing, and everyone is wrong. They picture purple light — a room tinted like a stage set. Then they flip the switch, and what fills the room is warm, rose-gold, and nothing like the colour of the glass they were looking at a second earlier.
The reason is in how the glass is made. Every one of the 122 petals is blown by hand, and the plum tint goes into the molten batch rather than onto a finished surface — so it pools deep at the thick spine of each petal and thins almost to clear at the flared lip. Unlit, you read the thick parts, and the whole fixture looks aubergine. Lit, the light finds the thin parts, and what comes through is the warm end of that colour. Purple in, amber-rose out.
Which means you get two pieces for the price of one. In daylight it is sculpture — dark, still, almost architectural against a pale ceiling, doing its job with the switch off. After dark it is the warmest thing in the room, and the purple retreats into the petals themselves, visible only if you look up at the glass rather than at the light it is throwing.
In Daylight, Unlit
Deep aubergine against a pale ceiling — five tiers of glass reading as one sculptural mass. It earns its place in the room before you ever reach for the switch.
Dinners That Run Late
Amber-rose light across the table, flattering on skin and warm on wood. Soft enough that nobody wants to get up, clear enough to see every face across it.
Turned Down Low
Dimmed at the end of an evening, the rose deepens and the tiers throw soft overlapping shadows across the ceiling — the kind of light you read and talk beneath.
Purple in the glass, rose in the room — and never quite the colour you expected.
Before You Order
Everything you might want to know about the glass, the colour, the light, and getting it on your ceiling.
01Is the glass really hand-blown?
02Will it make my whole room look purple?
No — and this surprises almost everyone. The colour you see in the glass is not the colour you get in the room.
Because the tint is worked into the glass, it pools dark at the thick spine of each petal and thins almost to clear at the lip. Unlit you read the thick parts, so the fixture looks deep aubergine. Lit, the light travels through the thin parts, and what reaches the room is warm amber-rose — closer to late afternoon than to purple. The plum stays in the petals themselves; look up and you see it, look at your walls and you don't.
03How bright is it, really?
Plan it as atmosphere, not as your only light source. Two candelabra bulbs sit behind five tiers of tinted glass — which is exactly what produces the soft rose glow, but tinted glass also absorbs light, so this is a warm ambient fixture rather than a bright one.
Over a dining table where you also need to see the food, in a kitchen, or in a room with no other lighting, pair it with downlights, wall lights or table lamps. If you would like more output than standard, tell us before you order and we will advise.
04Will mine look exactly like the photos?
05What bulbs does it use, and can it be dimmed?
06What size room does it suit?
07How high should I hang it?
08Can I install it on a sloped or vaulted ceiling?
Yes — a chain-hung chandelier is the easiest type to do it with. Because the whole fixture hangs from a single point, it stays perfectly level no matter what angle the ceiling above it sits at. Nothing about the tiers needs adjusting.
The only part that has to be handled is the canopy where it meets the ceiling. A standard canopy sits flush on a shallow pitch only; anything steeper needs a sloped-ceiling adapter — an angled kit that lets the canopy sit flat against the slope while the chain still hangs plumb. Most are rated to around 45°.
Tell us the pitch of your ceiling before you order and we will confirm whether an adapter is needed and supply one. Do not mount a standard canopy flat against a steep slope without one — it puts the whole load on one edge of the box.
09Will my ceiling take the weight?
10Is it difficult to install?
11Can I customise the size, colour, or chain length?
12Will the glass arrive safely, and what if a petal breaks?
13How do I clean it?
Still have a question? Our team is happy to help before you order.